Issue 18

• Web Editorial: Introduction to Issue 18

  The web editors, Bernadette Daly and Philip Hunter, introduce Ariadne issue 18.

• Print Editorial: Introduction to Issue 18

  Lyndon Pugh presents the editorial from issue 18 of Ariadne's print version.

• Teams

  Lyndon Pugh argues there are signs we are hung up on multi-skilling...

• DiLIS

  Debbie Lock introduces a new service, Distance Learners Information Service (DiLIS), from the University of Surrey Library and Information Services.

• eLib: How Was It for You?

  John Kirriemuir reviews the eLib programme

• Hybrid Libraries

  Stephen Pinfield describes the role of Hybrid Libraries and Clumps

• Knowledge Management

  Sheila Corrall asks if 'knowledge management' is a new phrase in place of 'information management', or a new concept altogether.

• I Have Seen the Future and IT Works

  Chris Batt Director of Library Services, Croydon, discusses Information Technology.

• Internet Detective: BA Students Get on the Case

  Emma Worsfold and Debra Hiom introduce their "Internet Detective" online tutorial, and BA students from the final year Information Management BA at Queen Margaret College, Edinburgh, review the site.

• Transatlantic Bandwidth: How to Save Money on Your Costs

  Sally Hadland, Information Officer at the Higher Education National Software Archive (HENSA), describes how using HENSA can save on transatlantic bandwidth.

• The ExamNet Project at De Montfort University

  David James Houghton introduces the ExamNet Project, which offers access to past De Montfort University examination papers in electronic form.

• Launching an Electronic Magazine: An Overview of Value-added Features and Services

  Bernadette Daly looks at a variety of electronic publications as part of the research phase in the delivery of a new Web magazine.

• Looking Back in Anger: A Retrospective

  Don Revill, former Head of Information Services at Liverpool John Moores University, offers a retrospective.

• JSTOR

  Daniel Holden reports on his trip to the United States to visit colleagues at JSTOR, a not-for-profit organisation creating a digital archive collection of scholarly journals

• BIDS Begets Ingenta

  The University of Bath concluded an agreement to sign over the ownership of BIDS to a new organisation known as ingenta ltd, while still retaining a substantial share. Terry Morrow looks at the implications of the change, and reviews the latest developments in the services offered.

• Of Arms and the Man We Sing

  John MacColl talks to Chris Rusbridge about the eLib programme.

• The Technical Advisory Service for Images (TASI)

  Karla Youngs describes what TASI is and the work that it is doing in building a common ‘Framework’ for digital imaging projects.

• Subject-Based Information Gateways

  Linda Kerr and Roddy MacLeod attended the recent CEI meeting at the Policy Studies Institute, London.

• CEDARS

  Kelly Russell explores the main deliverables of the CEDARS project: recommendations and guidelines, plus practical, robust and scaleable models for establishing distributed digital archives.

• CATRIONA II Management Survey

  Dennis Nicholson and Martin Smith provide a summary report of selected results from the CATRIONA II survey on the University Management of Electronic Resources.

• Down Your Way: University of Abertay Dundee Library

  Ariadne visits the University of Abertay Dundee's new library.

• Metadata: Cataloguing Theory and Internet Subject-based Information Gateways

  Ann Chapman, Michael Day, and Debra Hiom compare library cataloguing concepts and ROADS Template creation.

• Minotaur: When Computer Knows Best?

  Harold Thimbleby criticises the urge to upgrade.

• Exploring Planet SOSIG: Sociology

  In this edition, Stuart Macwilliam, the section editor for Sociology, gives an overview of the resources likely to be found in his section. This is preceded by news of some 'mutual mirroring' across the Atlantic, involving SOSIG and the Internet Scout Project.

• Public Libraries Corner

  Sarah Ormes and David Potts shed light on the what exactly the Networked Policy Taskgroup does.

• Search Engines

  Walter Scales responds to Dave Beckett's article on search engines in issue 16.

• Web Focus: The Role of the Web Editor

  Brian Kelly asks, does 'web editor' mean Unix guru or an HTML coder?

• What Is a URI?

  Ian Peacock explains 'URI' in plain English.

• SGML, XML and Databases

  Stephen Emmott reports on a one day meeting in London

• Metadiversity

  Michael Day on a Biodiversity conference in the States interested in Metadata.

• Cartoon

  New cartoon work by Malcolm Campbell.

• Newsline: News You Can Use

  Ariadne presents a brief summary of news and events.